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The Best Speech Recognition Software for people with RSI and other hand and wrist problems

When you have hand and wrist problems, speech recognition software is a must. These are the best options that I have found!

As a person who has problems with his hands and wrists I can personally attest just how beneficial speech recognition software is for continued use of a computer. In fact without speech recognition software I would not be able to use a computer. That makes speech recognition software, for a person who has problems with their hands and wrists, the most important tool out there. And in fact it is…

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100 Questions&Answers: Kanon MEMORIAL ARTIST BOOK

In addition to several photos AN CAFE Memorial Artist Book also brought an interview and a special questionnaire of 100 questions with each of the 5 members. Here is the translation of the 100 questions with Kanon’s 100 answers.

Translate: Japanese>Portuguese by Hiyori Portuguese>English by Shiro 001 How many sushi can you eat? I get worried about the price and I never go to my limit !! (this is sad) I'm sure it would get around 1000 easily 002 Which sushi's ingredient do you like? With omelette and dried ginger flakes 003 If you have to eat something until you die, what it would be?CalorieMate NOTE: Is a brand of nutritional energy bar and energy gel foods 004 Which kind of lamen do you think has the strongest flavor? Kara tsukemen by Mita-Seimenjo 005 What do you in like in a hot drink? Corn soup 006 Which mixture do you think most matches rice? Shogayaki 007 What flavor of chewing gum do you like? Grape 008 What flavor of candies do you like? Muscat grape 009 Soba or udon? Udon NOTE: Soba is a pasta made from buckwheat and udon is made from wheat only 010 Of your whole life, what was the most painful experience you've ever faced? (Referring to physical damages) When I fall from the tree 011 One part of body that demonstrates more confidence? Nose 012 What do you think about old times? Cave Cricket 013 If you had won 100.000 yen what you would make? (Around 900 dollars) I would buy a car 014 And about 100.000.000 yen? (Around 900.000 dollars) I would do something like the Mutsugorou Okoku did. NOTE: Masanori Hata is a Japanese zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker. Establish the Mutsugorō Animal Kingdom nature preserve, where he and his family live with over 300 wild and domestic animals. He is the author of over 100 books, including collections of his Mutsugorō essays on nature. In 1986 released the highest-grossing film of the year in Japan, Koneko Monogatari, filmed at the Mutsugorō Animal Kingdom. 015 I know this is kind out of reality, but if you could have a wild animal, which would be? It would be a mini pig. Because cuteness is the justice. 016 To Cook, wash clothes, clean the house. Which one do you do better? If you mean one that requires more of you, then wash clothes 017 If you were going for a walk with your girlfriend, where would you go? We would go to the circus 018 Where would you spend your last days of life? (If you were an old man where would you want to live?) and why? In Okinawa. Because if not, I think I would die of hypothermia 019 Is there anyone you consider to be the strongest person in the world? Yoshikazu Ebisu 020 An anime character, manga, etc. that you consider to be the strongest? Characters of mangas with jokes for students 021 If you could turn into some anime character or something like this, who would you choose? Nobita Nobi 022 First CD you bought? “Kaze ni Asobarete” by Aki Okui 023 Your preferred winter song? “winter fall” by L'Arc～en～Ciel 024 Your preferred xmas song? None in particular 025 Forgetting that you were part of a band, if you were about to start one, what would it take? And why? Guitar. They stand out 026 And what would be the name you would choose for the band? I'm accepting names at the moment 027 If you went to a desert island and could only take three things, what would it take? 1. Hoeing 2. Water filter 3. Potatoes 028 Do you know how to swim? I swim very well 029 Something you would never want to happen? Having to eat my own faeces 030 If you were a child, how would you like to be called? Those names that you need to guess based on writing or pronunciation NOTE: In Japan names are usually written in kanjis, however it’s possible change the reading of an ideogram to pronunciations not so well known, making it difficult to read the name 031 Do you speak when sleeping? If yes, talk about something already happened to you. No 032 If it was your last day of life, what would you do? I would be sleeping 033 What was the longest time you could stay awake? 36 hours 034 If you could become someone important in history, who would you be? Osamu Dazai 035 Do you use a lot of emoticon on LINE? Have you been using LINE lately? I'm not using too much because of my lack of time. However, when i use it's only with family and close friends. 036 What's the biggest lie you've ever told? I don't remember telling such a big lie. 037 Write the kanji that you think represents 2019 and why? 生 because it never dies NOTE: The kanji meaning is life, genuine, birth 038 The most expensive thing you bought this year? Having to pay the repair fee of the rented car 039 The most convenient thing you bought recently? Pocket Wifi 040 A number from 0 to 9 that you like more than others? 7 041 Your longest finger without the middle finger, is it your index finger? Ring finger? Or are they both the same size? More or less the same size 042 The word you most speak? “What?” 043 At what time do you think "I'm being bourgeois"? In metropolitan hotels 044 If you could have powers, which one would you choose? Power to stop time 045 If there was a magic word that said things would happen, what would it be? "Indeed" 046 If you have to choose a follow up for the curry what would it be? Pork 047 Some kind of punishment game you'd like to avoid? Eat stinky things 048 Do you like of a specific hour? Why? Around 18:00. If you just woke up at this time there's still a lot of things that you can do. 049 How much would you pay for a T-shirt? 3.000 yen (Around 28 dollars) 050 Tell something you would say to you 10 years ago. Congratulations 051 If it was 50 years ago, what would you be doing? I already would have incarnated 052 How could you imagine yourself 10,000 years ago? I would not exist 053 What is the first impression you have of each member of An Cafe? Miku: nervous, shy; Takuya: miss contest; Yuuki: "I don’t remember"; Teruki: Wear cool clothes. 054 If underwear could have another name, what would you call it? Panchu NOTE: "underwear" in japanese is "pantsu." Kanon only changed the "tsu" to "chu" which is also used in a much more informal language. 055 A live that you can not forget? At Budokan 056 During those 15 years which member has changed the most? Miku 057 Do you prefer the traditional breakfast or bread? I usually prefer bread058 A teacher you always remember?Tokoyoda Sensei 059 The most fun song in a live? “Laugh Song” 060 Where do you most like to do a live? Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall 061 A thing you most buy at a convenience store? Cigarette 062 If you were not an artist, which career would you choose? Japan Self-Defense Force, Tokyo Electric Power Company, (Stockist) in Sano, the agriculture company, CD seller, police officer, chief of a Buddhist temple, novelist writer, screenwriter, employee of a small candy store or some net cafe 063 Which city goes through your head before a live? Yamaguchi 064 A stationery item that you like? Those set-square that have a hole in the middle 065 An electronic device that you like? Lighting Fixtures 066 A person you think is erotic? Dean Fujioka. It seems that when they showed him, I was enveloped by some kind of sensation 067 What do you think of the vocaloids? I am very grateful to all the people involved in this 068 A TV show that you like? Goddotan and Yushaaaa 069 What's the first live you've been? Namie Amuro Chiba Marin Estadium 070 How many pairs of shoes do you have? I think about 10 pairs 071 What is your average time in the bath? 30 minutes 072 A mobile app you liked right away? Clipbox 073 Do you use a computer for what purpose primarily? Compose music 074 What have you found funny lately? A TV show where the artist of the show "Desu yo" says his climax phrase and Jiro Hachimitsu said that it is fun when people do it without caring about how they seemed ridiculous, the result at the end of the program, really was fun 075 Who would you most like to meet? None in particular 076 When you were a kid, who was your superhero? Kamen Rider BLACK 077 The flavor of Umaibo that you like? Takoyaki Note: Umaibō or "delicious stick" is a small corn cylindrical snack from Japan. 078 An entertaining artist that you like? Banana man, Ogoyahagi, Gekidan Hitori, Matsumoto Club, Aruko & Piece, Asozan Daifunka,Ucchannanchan 079 First time you did a makeup? First year of high school 080 Talk a little bit about your first live. As I had gone after (my work of) hand out letters on the evening, I didn’t participate of the rehearsal 081 Do you prefer night or day? Night 082 When you can't sleep what do you do? I don’t sleep 083 Not counting your part in the band, which musical instrument do you like? Guitar 084 The oldest memory you have? Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony 085 What color do you like? Blue 086 What is your favorite mascot? Funnashii and Nekkoro 087 Where do you usually buy your clothes? I don't have any in particular 088 Are there any manga or magazines that you buy frequently? Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine, Young Magazine and Big Comic Spirits 089 How long you already waited for a person who did not show up? 5, 6 hours 090 How many times can you do sit-ups? 50 to 100 times 091 At this exact moment how much you have in your wallet? 460 yen (around 5 dollars) 092 Which Cocoichi curry do you think is the most spicy and the topping? Level 0 is already spicy; pork topping Note: Cocoichi is a Japanese restaurant franchise specialized in curry 093 Subject at school that you was better? Japanese 094 Subject at school that you was worst? Math 095 What do you do before each live? I enjoy some candy 096 What is the essential item for a live? Cigarette 097 Are there any objects that you can not throw away? Protective Amulet 098 What do you usually buy at McDonald's? Double cheeseburger patties big size (is a limited edition available only in the evening) 099 What do you use at bedtime? T-shirts and jersey pants 100 Leave a message to Caffekos. It was great we met each other

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KSI is the British YouTube star who is garnering attention by taking on rival vloggers in the boxing ring. In an interview with Business Insider, KSI said he would have studied computer science if he wasn't a YouTuber.

KSI is the popular British YouTuber who is taking on fellow vloggers in real-life boxing matches.

He's about to take on American YouTuber Logan Paul in a massive fight in Manchester, UK.

If he wasn't a YouTube superstar, he would have gone to university and studied computer science, he told Business Insider in an interview ahead of the match.

Once he's done fighting fellow YouTubers, he wants to fight a professional boxer.

KSI is one of the most famous people in the UK, though you wouldn't necessarily know it from the news channels.

He is the 25-year-old British YouTube star who became famous off the back of gaming videos, but he's reached new levels of fame by taking on rival vloggers in real-life boxing matches. His first bout was with fellow Brit Joe Weller, but his next is a much more ambitious match against controversial US YouTuber Logan Paul.

The match takes place in Manchester, UK on Saturday 25 August and could draw up to 21,000 attendees, and hundreds of thousands of viewers on YouTube.

You can read more about who KSI is and his history of YouTube boxing here, and more analysis about who will win the boxing match.

Business Insider travelled to Manchester to meet with KSI — real name Olajide "JJ" Olatunji — to talk about his path to fame, and his plans for a post-YouTube future.

The KSI of YouTube is pretty abrasive. He's known for making off-colour jokes about sex and women, and his pre-fight trash talk against Logan Paul hasn't exactly been sportsmanlike. When Business Insider meets him, however, he's surprisingly calm, collected, and polite, shaking hands and taking care to listen to questions.

Later in the day, the KSI persona would be back on show for the pre-match weigh-in with his opponent. KSI came on-stage wearing a mask of Chloe Bennett, Paul's actress girlfriend. Bennett is a sensitive topic, given KSI has made lewd remarks about her before.

Here's our full interview with him, lightly edited for clarity.

Q&A with YouTuber KSI:

Business Insider: What have you been up to over the last few days?

KSI/JJ: I don’t know, like, training. Doing pads, just the standard stuff. A lot of the training has been before this week, making sure I’m in the right mindset, and making sure we have fun and not worrying about winning or losing.

BI: How are you feeling about it?

KSI: Yeah yeah yeah, very good.

BI: Is Logan in the UK at the moment?

KSI: Yeah yeah, Logan’s in the UK.

BI: Are you hanging out?

KSI: No. [Laughs]. No!

BI: Maybe you guys are friends behind the scenes, I don’t know.

KSI: Really, no, no! Even with my last fight, Joe [Weller], I still haven’t talked to Joe since the ring.

BI: Really? He’s been doing some analysis of you [and Logan Paul].

KSI: Yeah, he loves it. He’s in a good spot though.

BI: Are you not on good terms?

KSI: No. I don’t like him. It’s annoying, he might be at the afterparty. It’s a little bit awkward, but...

BI: You seem much more calm and normal in real life.

KSI: Yes. Yeah, I’m not, like, shouting in your face. On videos, you always have to be more entertaining. If I was like this [indicates himself as he is, sitting down], people would be asleep.

BI: How do you gear yourself up to be the KSI on video?

KSI: Normally I just... whenever there’s a camera I know how to turn it up. Usually — I’ve been doing this so many years — it’s just natural now.

BI: You’re in your early twenties. In a normal world, you would have gone to uni, and you’d have graduated, but clearly that hasn’t happened. What would the alternative JJ have done?

KSI: I wanted to do computer science. I love my gaming, I wanted to do anything to do with gaming. That’s why, with the whole YouTube aspect, I went into that. When I saw that you could make money playing games I thought, ‘This is a Godsend.’ It’s exactly what I wanted to do. With the whole videos and making entertaining videos and just… everything to do with that was way more exciting than doing computer science and going to uni and going for this whole hassle.

BI: You could have been the next Jeff Bezos.

KSI: [Laughs] No, no. Definitely not, definitely not.

BI: What are your coolest gadgets?

KSI: I love all of that. But coolest gadget… probably just an iPhone. My Nintendo DS, every now and then I like a few oldies like the Game Boy, Game Boy Colour, all that.

BI: I guess you were maybe too young for the N64.

KSI: What! I wasn’t too young! No! Of course I played the N64. I used to always smash it out. Especially in secondary school, all of us had a dorm and all of us would just play Super Smash Bros or GoldenEye. But...obviously there’s lots of better games now.

BI: Are you a Fortnite fan?

KSI: Nah not really. I mean it was cool at first, before everyone knew how to start building, so now it’s just you shoot someone and all of a sudden they build a mansion. And then you’re like, ok, this sucks.

BI: You went to school in Berkhamsted. Are you still in touch with your friends there?

KSI: One of my best friends, Simon, [Simon Minter, known as Miniminter on YouTube] went to the same school. We’ve stayed in touch, and we do the same thing now, which is sick. It’s kinda hard with what I do, I’m always travelling, I’m always doing something out of the ordinary. They’re doing a 9 to 5, so it’s hard to keep in touch. Every Christmas, I always go back to my parents’ to see them, they live around there. So I always just play football with them, and we go out as well. It’s kind of like a reunion, seeing what’s going on. It always seems like I’m doing the crazy stuff.

BI: What has YouTube fame let you do that you couldn’t have otherwise done?

KSI: It has allowed me to do whatever I want, really. Make a career out of anything. If I went down the computer science route, I’d never be here. I feel like with YouTube, it’s a core that lets you bounce off into various things whether it’s movies or music or boxing, anything. It allows you to do anything.

BI: How did you get into YouTube boxing? Why is this a thing?

KSI: It started with Joe Weller, man.

BI: And the concept of ‘beef’ right? [Beef is where YouTubers have a dispute with each other]

KSI: Yeah, I guess that’s where it started. I called him out as a joke on Instagram, saying I’d fight the winner — he was fighting his mate — and then it just blew up from there.

BI: This has all been hugely successful for you. Do you feel the pressure to keep views up by doing really crazy things?

KSI: No. I used to feel like that, but that’s the worst way to go about things. For me, it didn’t make me happy. I wasn’t happy just thinking ‘Oh, I need to do everything for views.’ Because then it made me do things I didn’t actually enjoy. Now I don’t care about views, I never look at [social media statistics site] SocialBlade, I never look at how many views or even the amount of money I’m getting, I hardly look at that. It’s all about making sure I’m doing what I enjoy doing and making sure I’m happy. That’s the most important thing. Happiness is number one.

BI: But you’re still hoping for a decent chunk of change out of this fight, no?

KSI: I’ve got to make sure my whole team eats good as well.

BI: After this series of matches, would you challenge another YouTuber?

KSI: I’d want to go pro. So, there would be no headgear. It would be me fighting someone who is a professional boxer. That would be the biggest test for me. Just a cool thing to do, just to show people I used to be a FIFA gaming YouTuber, but now I can go pro and beat a professional boxer. I used to just be like a skinny dweeby kid, and now I’m doing this.

BI: What are you thinking for the long term?

KSI: I’m not thinking about it too much. I guess I’m trying to enjoy the moment. Like the whole boxing thing, my end goal is to go professional and go from there. Music has always been a big thing, I’d love to go into acting, and see what I can do there. I always like to see what I can do, and push myself to the limit.

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The Best Ergonomic Computer Mice and Mouse Alternatives for RSI and Other Hand and Wrist Injuries

After a lot of research these are what I believe to be the best computer mice, and computer mice alternatives out there for helping to stave off RSI and other hand and wrist problems.

It has long been known that a simple computer mouse is enemy number one for a person’s wrists, literally heavy use of a computer mouse puts a person at even greater risk of hand and problems than a keyboard. That means getting the right mouse is unbelievably important, as doing so can not only help stave off future problems, but can help alleviate already developed problems. With that said,…

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The Best Ergonomic Keyboards for RSI and Other Hand and Wrist Injuries

Due to the problems I have with my hands and wrists, and another research into looking for the best ergonomic keyboards. These are what I have found to be the best!

If you have hand and wrist problems like I do or wish to stave off hand and wrist problems, then an ergonomic keyboard is an absolute must. But one of the great difficulties, or at least one of the great difficulties I have found, is that when looking for an ergonomic keyboard you are presented with literally gazillions of options. Like literally so many that it is just ridiculous. With this in…

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KSI is the British YouTube star who is garnering attention by taking on rival vloggers in the boxing ring. In an interview with Business Insider, KSI said he would have studied computer science if he wasn't a YouTuber.

KSI is the popular British YouTuber who is taking on fellow vloggers in real-life boxing matches.

He's about to take on American YouTuber Logan Paul in a massive fight in Manchester, UK.

If he wasn't a YouTube superstar, he would have gone to university and studied computer science, he told Business Insider in an interview ahead of the match.

Once he's done fighting fellow YouTubers, he wants to fight a professional boxer.

KSI is one of the most famous people in the UK, though you wouldn't necessarily know it from the news channels.

He is the 25-year-old British YouTube star who became famous off the back of gaming videos, but he's reached new levels of fame by taking on rival vloggers in real-life boxing matches. His first bout was with fellow Brit Joe Weller, but his next is a much more ambitious match against controversial US YouTuber Logan Paul.

The match takes place in Manchester, UK on Saturday 25 August and could draw up to 21,000 attendees, and hundreds of thousands of viewers on YouTube.

You can read more about who KSI is and his history of YouTube boxing here, and more analysis about who will win the boxing match.

Business Insider travelled to Manchester to meet with KSI — real name Olajide "JJ" Olatunji — to talk about his path to fame, and his plans for a post-YouTube future.

The KSI of YouTube is pretty abrasive. He's known for making off-colour jokes about sex and women, and his pre-fight trash talk against Logan Paul hasn't exactly been sportsmanlike. When Business Insider meets him, however, he's surprisingly calm, collected, and polite, shaking hands and taking care to listen to questions.

Later in the day, the KSI persona would be back on show for the pre-match weigh-in with his opponent. KSI came on-stage wearing a mask of Chloe Bennett, Paul's actress girlfriend. Bennett is a sensitive topic, given KSI has made lewd remarks about her before.

Here's our full interview with him, lightly edited for clarity.

Q&A with YouTuber KSI:

Business Insider: What have you been up to over the last few days?

KSI/JJ: I don’t know, like, training. Doing pads, just the standard stuff. A lot of the training has been before this week, making sure I’m in the right mindset, and making sure we have fun and not worrying about winning or losing.

BI: How are you feeling about it?

KSI: Yeah yeah yeah, very good.

BI: Is Logan in the UK at the moment?

KSI: Yeah yeah, Logan’s in the UK.

BI: Are you hanging out?

KSI: No. [Laughs]. No!

BI: Maybe you guys are friends behind the scenes, I don’t know.

KSI: Really, no, no! Even with my last fight, Joe [Weller], I still haven’t talked to Joe since the ring.

BI: Really? He’s been doing some analysis of you [and Logan Paul].

KSI: Yeah, he loves it. He’s in a good spot though.

BI: Are you not on good terms?

KSI: No. I don’t like him. It’s annoying, he might be at the afterparty. It’s a little bit awkward, but...

BI: You seem much more calm and normal in real life.

KSI: Yes. Yeah, I’m not, like, shouting in your face. On videos, you always have to be more entertaining. If I was like this [indicates himself as he is, sitting down], people would be asleep.

BI: How do you gear yourself up to be the KSI on video?

KSI: Normally I just... whenever there’s a camera I know how to turn it up. Usually — I’ve been doing this so many years — it’s just natural now.

BI: You’re in your early twenties. In a normal world, you would have gone to uni, and you’d have graduated, but clearly that hasn’t happened. What would the alternative JJ have done?

KSI: I wanted to do computer science. I love my gaming, I wanted to do anything to do with gaming. That’s why, with the whole YouTube aspect, I went into that. When I saw that you could make money playing games I thought, ‘This is a Godsend.’ It’s exactly what I wanted to do. With the whole videos and making entertaining videos and just… everything to do with that was way more exciting than doing computer science and going to uni and going for this whole hassle.

BI: You could have been the next Jeff Bezos.

KSI: [Laughs] No, no. Definitely not, definitely not.

BI: What are your coolest gadgets?

KSI: I love all of that. But coolest gadget… probably just an iPhone. My Nintendo DS, every now and then I like a few oldies like the Game Boy, Game Boy Colour, all that.

BI: I guess you were maybe too young for the N64.

KSI: What! I wasn’t too young! No! Of course I played the N64. I used to always smash it out. Especially in secondary school, all of us had a dorm and all of us would just play Super Smash Bros or GoldenEye. But...obviously there’s lots of better games now.

BI: Are you a Fortnite fan?

KSI: Nah not really. I mean it was cool at first, before everyone knew how to start building, so now it’s just you shoot someone and all of a sudden they build a mansion. And then you’re like, ok, this sucks.

BI: You went to school in Berkhamsted. Are you still in touch with your friends there?

KSI: One of my best friends, Simon, [Simon Minter, known as Miniminter on YouTube] went to the same school. We’ve stayed in touch, and we do the same thing now, which is sick. It’s kinda hard with what I do, I’m always travelling, I’m always doing something out of the ordinary. They’re doing a 9 to 5, so it’s hard to keep in touch. Every Christmas, I always go back to my parents’ to see them, they live around there. So I always just play football with them, and we go out as well. It’s kind of like a reunion, seeing what’s going on. It always seems like I’m doing the crazy stuff.

BI: What has YouTube fame let you do that you couldn’t have otherwise done?

KSI: It has allowed me to do whatever I want, really. Make a career out of anything. If I went down the computer science route, I’d never be here. I feel like with YouTube, it’s a core that lets you bounce off into various things whether it’s movies or music or boxing, anything. It allows you to do anything.

BI: How did you get into YouTube boxing? Why is this a thing?

KSI: It started with Joe Weller, man.

BI: And the concept of ‘beef’ right? [Beef is where YouTubers have a dispute with each other]

KSI: Yeah, I guess that’s where it started. I called him out as a joke on Instagram, saying I’d fight the winner — he was fighting his mate — and then it just blew up from there.

BI: This has all been hugely successful for you. Do you feel the pressure to keep views up by doing really crazy things?

KSI: No. I used to feel like that, but that’s the worst way to go about things. For me, it didn’t make me happy. I wasn’t happy just thinking ‘Oh, I need to do everything for views.’ Because then it made me do things I didn’t actually enjoy. Now I don’t care about views, I never look at [social media statistics site] SocialBlade, I never look at how many views or even the amount of money I’m getting, I hardly look at that. It’s all about making sure I’m doing what I enjoy doing and making sure I’m happy. That’s the most important thing. Happiness is number one.

BI: But you’re still hoping for a decent chunk of change out of this fight, no?

KSI: I’ve got to make sure my whole team eats good as well.

BI: After this series of matches, would you challenge another YouTuber?

KSI: I’d want to go pro. So, there would be no headgear. It would be me fighting someone who is a professional boxer. That would be the biggest test for me. Just a cool thing to do, just to show people I used to be a FIFA gaming YouTuber, but now I can go pro and beat a professional boxer. I used to just be like a skinny dweeby kid, and now I’m doing this.

BI: What are you thinking for the long term?

KSI: I’m not thinking about it too much. I guess I’m trying to enjoy the moment. Like the whole boxing thing, my end goal is to go professional and go from there. Music has always been a big thing, I’d love to go into acting, and see what I can do there. I always like to see what I can do, and push myself to the limit.

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Strategy: These people make hundreds of dollars a month flipping products from a skater brand that teens are obsessed with. Here's how they do it.

Supreme is more than just an obsession for some teens — it's how they make money. Supreme products that retail for around $40 often end up on eBay for $300 within minutes of selling out. Here's how people that flip Supreme do it.

Teens are obsessed with Supreme, a skater brand that has seen mainstream success in recent years.

Supreme has garnered a lot of attention in the last week after copies of the New York Post with Supreme ads on the cover flew off the shelves. Almost all Supreme products sell out instantly.

There is a huge market for reselling Supreme products because of the extremely high demand. Some fans who shared their stories with Business Insider said they are able to make hundreds of dollars a week by flipping products they're able to buy before they sell out.

Supreme, Gen Z's favorite skater brand, has become a source of income for some savvy shoppers.

Supreme was founded in 1994 by James Jebbia and has since grown from a skater-centric brand to a mainstream apparel brand with its own cult following. The brand ranked seventh among upper-income teens' favorite brands in a spring 2018 survey by Piper Jaffray, and in 2017, Supreme received a roughly $500 million cash infusion from The Carlyle Group, which valued the brand at $1 billion.

Last week, loyal fans snatched up copies of the New York Post that featured a wraparound Supreme ad on the cover. The papers, which typically costs $1.50, flew off the shelves. Copies of it are now listed on eBay for many times its normal listing price.

There's a huge market for reselling Supreme products because of the extremely high demand. Some fans are able to make hundreds of dollars a week by flipping products they're able to buy when they're released in product launches called "drops."

But because of how quickly products sell out, people who flip them have to prepare.

"During Supreme season, I'm constantly researching, buying, and selling — it usually doesn’t stop until the season is over," 21-year-old Supreme fan Jake Morell told Business Insider.

Morell says he typically makes as much as $600 per month throughout a season, which includes one drop a week from August to December.

We spoke to two Supreme fans who flip products and make hundreds of dollars each week. Here's how they do it:

Supreme has two seasons: Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer. New products are released in events called "drops" every Thursday throughout the season, and they usually sell out within seconds online.

Source: Business Insider

Before drops, people who flip Supreme typically do hours of online research to see what products will be coming out, what products people like or dislike, and what is predicted to have the highest resale value. One website fans use is Supreme Community, which leaks the details of product releases before they happen and allows users to vote on their favorite products.

"On the Supreme Community website, when you look at each drop, they have a voting system — underneath each picture of an item, you can see if it has thumbs-up or thumbs-down ratings, like on Rotten Tomatoes," Christopher Young, a 21-year-old who says he makes as much as $300 per week flipping Supreme products, told Business Insider.

"That gives you a general idea of, 'Oh, this is something that people really like, or this is something people don't really like.'"

Because of how quickly products sell out, people who flip Supreme products practice using the website to make sure they can buy the most-wanted items before they're gone.

"You have to go on in advance and figure out what section your item is going to be in — is it going to be in 'tops' or in 't-shirts?' Is it going to be in 'accessories' or in 'bags?'" Young said.

Morell said that he is usually on the computer, waiting, at least 30 minutes before everything goes on sale.

Checking out can be a scramble — products can sell out even when they're already in your cart, so many people only buy one product a week to make sure they get something to sell. Even if you're buying just one product, you can turn a profit of as much as $300 a week throughout a season.

"It's an interesting game," Young said.

"Sometimes you'll be really happy with it, and sometimes you'll be super disappointed."

Part of why it's so hard to actually buy anything before it sells out is the use of automated bots. Some people who plan on reselling reportedly spend as much as $150 on automated bots that can be programmed to automatically buy products in certain colors or sizes in seconds.

Several shoppers and bot sellers have said that if Supreme catches you using a bot, it can block your IP address and shipping address.

Supreme did not immediately return Business Insider's request for comment on that reported practice.

"I remember there was one jacket that I really wanted, so I clicked on it on the website at 11:00 a.m., and it was already sold out by the time the page loaded. Stuff like that happens all the time, and it's very obvious that it's bots," Young told Business Insider.

Typically, small items like pins and stickers are under $30, while shirts, bags, and hats will cost between $30 and $100. Jackets, hoodies, and pants usually cost between $100 and $300, with a few outliers.

Within minutes of going on sale, the most popular products can end up on eBay for many times the original price. One of the most popular items from week one of the season — a Madonna t-shirt — cost $48 at Supreme, and within hours of the in-store drop, it was listed on eBay at a starting price of $250.

Another popular reselling website is Grailed. Within 45 minutes of Supreme's online launch, products like backpacks, t-shirts, and bags were listed on Grailed for more than twice the retail price.

Most sellers wouldn't even have the product in hand at this point — as long as an order confirmation is posted, people will buy it. It can take as little as 15 minutes to turn a profit.

Morell told Business Insider: "I set a budget for myself every week, which usually ranges from $300-$500. As soon as I get a shipping confirmation email, I immediately post the items I want to sell on Grailed. I usually receive a ton of offers within the day, and bargain with them as much as I can."

Results from flipping can be pretty hit or miss. "I got a lot for the Supreme Zippo last season. It retailed for $60, and I ended up selling it for $150. I remember being super shocked by that," Young said.

"The lowest amount I ever got was retail value on a sweater. I once sold a bag very quickly, and made twice the original value of it — the bag was $70, and I made $135," he said.

And profits aren't always guaranteed. "My biggest Supreme mistake was buying a Kayak for $480. Predicted resell was over $1,000. I went ahead and copped one, only for it to lose value immediately when it went on sale. I ended up selling it for $470 after fees and shipping," Morell said.

Though the sellers we spoke to typically make under $1,000 a month, some sellers are able to make much more than that from just one item. For example, a big-ticket item like the Supreme/Louis Vuitton Box Logo Tee — originally $495 — goes for well over $1,000 on eBay.

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